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Under intense media pressure and almost two weeks after Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi was arrested, the CBI has begun a preliminary enquiry into the Rs. 3600 crore chopper deal. This comes after Finmeccanica's internal audit revealed that about 2.65 million Euros were paid to Armsgate middleman Gudio Ralph Haschke to handle defence deals in India when Guiseppe Orsi was the Finmeccanica boss. The audit revelations only point at the deep rot in India's defence procurement system.